Full Video: American Airlines CEO at Skift Aviation Forum 2022
Photo Credit: American Airlines CEO Robert Isom speaking on stage at Skift Aviation Forum in Dallas, Texas, November 2022. Skift / Dylan Pacholek
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Robert Isom believes the worst is behind American Airlines, and the airline's operations are running as smoothly as they can be. In this interview, the CEO reveals the bigger things on his mind as he maps out American's longer term future.
The inaugural Skift Aviation Forum welcomed Robert Isom, the CEO of American Airlines, as its first speaker at the Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas. During the interview he shared how the world's biggest airline was prepared for the upcoming Thanksgiving vacation, and already looking ahead to the future with a focus on recruiting and training pilots, and staffing the carrier back up.
On stage, he also commented on Twitter's turmoil in relation to the airline's customers, and why Dallas Fort Worth Airport "will be the cornerstone on which American will grow."
Watch Isom's full on-stage interview with Airline Weekly editor Edward Russell, as well as read a transcript of it, below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKNu4V7jZM Full TranscriptEdward Russell: Well, good morning everybody. As Rafat said, welcome to the first inaugural Skift Aviation Forum here in Dallas. I'm Edward Russell, the editor of Airline Weekly, and my guest today needs
